India testfires Akash missile

NEW DELHI - India Saturday successfully testfired its home-made surface-to-air missile Akash from Chandipur in the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.

This comes two days after the country successfully testfired a similar Akash missile from the same place.

"The latest testfiring took place at 11.15 a.m. from the integrated firing range at Chandipur. The testfiring has been successful and the missile intercepted an unmanned aircraft over the Bay of Bengal," the sources said.

Akash is developed by India's Defense Research and Development Organization as part of the country's air defense system.